Interim NED with 30+yr successful track record of parachuting in to deliver/recover difficult projects & programmes at numerous well known international companies, delivering complex assignments, or rescuing them from disaster.Hands-on or off. Leverage a highly adaptable range of proven skills as a consultant, programme manager, project manager, business analyst, product/service designer or whatever it takes to avoid bottlenecks & reduce reliance on hard-to-secure resources. Bridging the gap between the business, technical, & customer worlds. • Strong stakeholder manager, with cross-industry experience, often via service providers, into retail, banking, insurance, government, telecoms, airline, automotive, & more.• Helping businesses & charities get results, introduce structure & collectively identify & focus on what is in a company's best interests.• Passion for making products & services so compelling they virtually sell themselves• Creating & implementing business models & effective technology solutions, using manpower wisely.• Best practice specialist & trainer, with strong background in Prince 2, ITIL, 6 Sigma, MSP, & Agile.• Track record of handling budgets up to £330M, working with many well-known clients.“Doing whatever it takes to get results".History:Since an early start leveraging technology to eliminate repetitive tasks, I learned there is always an better way. Trained by CSC in the art of best practice, I realised the importance to free up time & create opportunity, while producing high value results.Applying these principles to de-skilling & streamlining businesses, while correctly utilising the right technology, I have successfully ran a wide range of projects for companies such as HSBC, Adidas, Formula 1, Deutsche Bank, NHS, Cap Gemini, Ernst & Young, ESMA, & many more.Often seeing the same challenges again & again, I even wrote a book on Time Management and Effectiveness in 2009, through a mainstream publisher.Since early/mid-2016, my focus has moved away from exclusively helping large corporate organisations, to enjoying the challenge of smaller more dynamic businesses & charitable organisations, recognising their more limited resources of capital & manpower.*** Strong advocate against inequality, injustice & double standards. Firm believer in effective use of time & technology, & forever passionate about learning.Other interests: Help assist an charitable organisation supporting survivors of narcissistic abuse, & encourage transparency within the charitable organisations & social enterprises I meet. ***